Urban Challenge New Orleans 2003 Semi-Finals Clues

Our teams were randomly designated to start at the following Checkpoints:

Marcy and John:

Checkpoint 1

Becky and Jim:

Checkpoint 1

Richard and Gayla:

Checkpoint 1

Rob and Spencer:

Checkpoint 2

Each team then had to progress upwards through the Checkpoints, wrapping around at the end.
For example, Rob and Spencer had to find the Checkpoints in this order:
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 1

CHECKPOINT 1Phantom of the hall?
Checkpoint 1 shares its name with the initials of the actor who played a young version of the man who lurked around Fine Hall.
Find it near the French Quarter.

CHECKPOINT 2Shady!
Unscramble the following to discover the one-word name of Checkpoint 2.

FOAMY BARN

Find it in the French Quarter and get your photo with signage.

CHECKPOINT 3Chilly Today, Hot Tamale!
Checkpoint 3 is on Royal.
To find out the address, imagine you live in a little house in Montana near the Canadian border.
Because of your proximity to the border, you get the weather and daily temperature in Celsius and Fahrenheit.
You wonder at what temperature, if any, the temperature would be the same in both Celsius and Fahrenheit.
Substitute that temperature, if it exists, for A in the equation below.
If no such number exists, use zero.

A + 749

CHECKPOINT 4Pong?
Checkpoint 4 shares its name with an old Atari game.
Find it in the French Quarter.

CHECKPOINT 5Callooh Callay!
The name of Checkpoint 5, located in the French Quarter, can be found in this literary extract:

CHECKPOINT 6Let them say what they want!
Checkpoint 6 is the rough foreign translation of a Ric Ocasek song.
Find it on Magazine.

CHECKPOINT 7Oh Boy!
Checkpoint 7 is located at (2 times A) + 1255 on Exposition Blvd.
To find out the address, add one or more O's (and O's only) to each group of consonants below to make a word.
For example, tmrrw becomes tomorrow.
Solve them all and count the O's.
Substitute the total number of O's for A in the equation above and that's the address of Checkpoint 7.
Please stay on public property for your photo!

DRKNB

BKWRM

SHWRM

BLNG

VD

MTT

TLLBTH

MNSN

FLPRF

CTTNWD

PRTCL

FFSHT

FTSTL

RTHDX

MPH

CHECKPOINT 8Kiss Me, I'm Irish!
Find the Blarney Stone on the Tulane University campus.
Get a photo with the stone cuz it's Checkpoint 8.

CHECKPOINT 9How 'Bout a Blue Spot?
Find 13 nearly identical buildings between St. Charles and the Mississippi.
Of those 13, get your picture in front of the establishment which shares a connection with Shopgirls and King Tut.

CHECKPOINT 10Bustin' Out the Patented Wacky Equation™!

To adjust something to make it straightPlus
Rhymes with DoEquals
Checkpoint 10

Find it between St. Charles and the Mississippi and get a photo with signage because it is Checkpoint 10.

CHECKPOINT 11Crest ... as in toothpaste?
Based on the number of vessels flying its flag (or "flag of convenience"), which of the following countries would be considered the largest maritime nation on earth?

If Japan, then the Córdoba crest is Checkpoint 11.

If Liberia, then the Huesca crest is Checkpoint 11.

If Panama, then the Toledo crest is Checkpoint 11.

If Spain, then the Pontevedra crest is Checkpoint 11.

Find all of the crests near the river.

CHECKPOINT 12Multi-Media!
True or false, the same character killed Gloria for her heart in both the so-so movie and the gripping novel, Blood Work.

If true, then Ocean Song by John T. Scott is Checkpoint 12.

If false, then the Malcolm Woldenberg and Child sculpture is Checkpoint 12.